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adv. - In proper order or sequence.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Adjective : three successive days. ,the second successive day
  • There may be said to be three leading phases which the word successively presents, three steps in its history.
  • My father had brought up a young person, who had been his footman, valet, secretary, and in short successively all in all.
  • He then joined Imperial Oil Limited where he made his mark in successively more responsible assignments until he gained the Presidency in 1960.
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